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1Password 5 for iOS is now available for iOS 8 and it. is. amazing. One of its best new features is an App Extension that lets you fill Logins directly in Safari and even third-party apps!

There’s just one thing you have to do: like all iOS 8 App Extensions, you have to manually enable the 1Password extension if you want to use it in Safari and other apps. It’s easy to do it, and we have a great support document that shows you how.

The simple version is that you just need to launch 1Password 5 first (and set it up if you never have), then tap the Action menu, scroll to the right of the actions list (the bottom one with black and white icons; Share extensions are on top), tap More, and enable it.

Then you can get on with filling Logins (and soon Identities and Credit Cards) right into Safari!

I can’t tell you how fired up we are about this release! I literally can’t because there is no tool that can measure excitement on this scale. Years in the making, 1Password 5 is rolling out to the App Store with iOS 8’s best features at its heart, and now it’s free so everyone can save time and get secure online. All Pro features are free to existing v4 owners, and new customers can now get started for free.

Safari + 1Password – You read that right. Just like our in-app 1Browser, you can now fill 1Password Logins directly within Safari! Ooh, speaking of thumbs…

Unlock with Touch ID – After unlocking with your Master Password, get back into your vault in 1Password, Safari, and your favorite apps with just your thumb on devices with Touch ID. Check Settings > Security to learn how this works and pick your auto-lock time.

Sync now goes to 11 – We rebuilt iCloud sync using Apple’s new CloudKit and it is awesome. Wi-Fi Sync will be automatic and sync attachments with the forthcoming 1Password 5 for Mac, and it’s just plain also awesomer.

Adaptive UI – Whether you’re on an iPhone 4S, iPad Air, or a brand new iPhone 6 Plus, 1Password’s interface is dressed for the occasion.

So much more – Resume editing items after unlocking 1Password. A brand new Welcome Aboard process makes it even easier to set sail with 1Password. Backup restoration has you covered. And all that is just page one.

Oh, did we mention free?

I have good news and great news.

The good news

1Password 5 for iOS and all Pro features (yep, you read that right!) are a free upgrade to all existing 1Password 4 for iOS customers (reminder: 1Password 5 requires iOS 8).

The great news

1Password 5 for iOS and its core features are now free for everyone to use. We believe every man, woman, and child needs to save time and get secure online. This release is another big step towards making that dream reality.

The free edition can create Logins, Identities, Credit Cards, and Secure Notes, and use those items in Safari and other apps. It can also sync with 1Password for Mac, Windows, and Android.

Introducing Pro features

For a one-time in-app purchase in version 5, Pro features unlock the full power of 1Password 5 for iOS. You can:

Support a great company with world-class human-powered customer service that loves you. Yes, including you.

Told you we were excited

We’ve been working towards this day for years and some of us are literally bouncing off our Toronto office walls with joy. We hope you love the new 1Password as much as we do, and now all our friends, family, and coworkers have even more great reasons to use it.

Naturally, this new-fangled way for apps to interact in iOS 8 is leading people to ask how we do this in a secure manner:

Are we really letting third-party apps poke around inside of your 1Password data?

Answer: No, that is not how extensions work.

Can these third party apps ask 1Password for your PayPal password?

Answer: Well, they can ask, but you decide if they should get what they ask for.

Can they trick you into entering your 1Password Master Password into something that isn’t 1Password?

Answer: The very same mechanisms that prevent that today apply to application extensions.

TL;DR

I will elaborate on all of this below. But to summarize, all of my points and these safeguards in both iOS extensions and 1Password are built on an important design principle: Nothing happens without your explicit action.

But the great news is we’re actually here, in San Francisco, to learn first-hand about all this amazing new stuff straight from Apple (though the not-so-great news is we’ll have to hold off on the road trip)! If you’re in the area and see us around, we love to meet fellow developers and our amazing customers—be sure to say hi!

iOS 8 App Extensions, Touch ID opening up, and what this all could mean for 1Password

Combine that with Apple’s announcement that Touch ID is also opening up to third-party developers, and you can see why we were doing Snoopy dances in our keynote seats. Then pile on other great new stuff like user-installable keyboards, OS-wide support for third-party cloud storage, Spotlight improvements, and… well, you can see we have a lot of dancing to do. Then, we have a lot of research and testing to do.

This all is incredibly exciting, and we are looking into the delectable possibilities these features might be able to unlock for 1Password. Might.

Right now, we have nothing to announce since we learned of all this awesomeness at the same time as you. We still need to explore the actual capabilities of these features and whether we can even use them.

As soon as we can say more about whether iOS 8’s HomeKit features will let 1Password turn off your lights and lock your front door along with your vault, we’ll exclaim it from atop our blog here, Twitter, Facebook, and our newsletter!